The minimum number of district judges to be elected in each county shall be: Adams, two; Asotin, one; Benton, five; Chelan, two; Clallam, two; Clark, six; Columbia, one; Cowlitz, three; Douglas, one; Ferry, one; Franklin, one; Garfield, one; Grant, three; Grays Harbor, two; Island, one; Jefferson, one; King, twenty-three in 2009, twenty-five in 2010, and twenty-six in 2011; Kitsap, four; Kittitas, two; Klickitat, two; Lewis, two; Lincoln, one; Mason, one; Okanogan, two; Pacific, two; Pend Oreille, one; Pierce, eleven; San Juan, one; Skagit, three; Skamania, one; Snohomish, nine; Spokane, eight; Stevens, one; Thurston, three; Wahkiakum, one; Walla Walla, two; Whatcom, two; Whitman, one; Yakima, four. This number may be increased only as provided in RCW 3.34.020.
RCW 3.34.010
District judges—Number for each county.
Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case 123 Wash. 2d 451 - State v. Board of Yakima County Commissioners (1994)
Most recently applied in 161 Wash. 2d 249 - Delaney v. Spokane County Board of Commissioners (August 2007)
2024 c 103 s 1; 2023 c 5 s 1; 2015 3rd sp.s. c 25 s 1; 2011 c 43 s 1
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